Murphy Potty

ABSTRACT

The Murphy Potty is the first toilet that is stored in a wall or cabinet, completely out of sight except when in use. It will use a suction pump waste removal system that will reduce water usage and will be housed in a water tight container that will allow for sterilization and self-cleaning without direct human contact. This toilet will allow for simultaneous self-cleaning and sanitization of the inside, outside and floor surface surrounding the toilet.

The Murphy Potty is an unconventional toilet that is housed in the wall in a water tight, sealed box. When it is needed for use, a wall button is pressed and the toilet folds down out of the wall to the floor where is sits on a flat door surface. The toilet can then be used the same as any conventional toilet. When the flush button is pressed, a vacuum suction pump removes the waste (much like an airplane unit). The wall button is pressed again and the door panel folds back to the wall, placing the toilet into the sealed compartment where a sanitization process takes place. (Much like a dishwasher). The toilet is then stored in the wall where it is invisible to the room and sealed in its sanitary case until it is needed again.

This toilet is the first and only toilet that is self-cleaning and self-sanitizing. It is not visible and unsightly in a room, taking up no floor space when it is not in use.

The Murphy Potty is indicated for installation in any setting where toilets are required and used: residential, commercial and for airlines.

There are implications for reduction in water consumption making it energy efficient and environmentally friendly. There are also environmental implications for chemical and hazardous materials not being exposed to or in contact with humans directly as is the case with cleaning conventional toilets

SPECIFICATIONS

The Murphy Potty is an unconventional toilet that is housed in the wall in a water tight, sealed box. It is invisible to the eye when it is closed and not in use. FIG. 1.

The wall can be trimmed in a number of architectural and decorative ways. The toilet can even be housed in a cabinet making it moveable.

When the toilet is needed for use, a button is pressed releasing it from the wall where it drops down to the floor and it sits on a panel on the floor. FIG. 2

The toilet is then “flushed” where a vacuum pump removes the waste. The toilet then closes back into the wall where jets send steaming hot water and sanitizing agents through the encasement. FIG. 3

The entire toilet is cleaned and sanitized inside and outside as well as the floor panel that is sits on when in use.

Once closed the toilet is again invisible to the eye and only the wall is visible. FIG. 4 

1. A self-cleaning and self-sanitizing toilet, comprising: (a) a toilet that is recessed into a wall or cabinet completely out of sight except when in use, (b) a toilet that descends out of the wall or cabinet to the floor for use and then folds back into the wall after use, (c) a toilet that is contained in a sealed compartment that houses a mechanism for waste removal and sanitization, (d) a toilet that is self-cleaning, self-sanitizing, (e) a toilet that self-sanitizes the inside, outside all at the same time 